, 1887-02-09

human suffering that can be imagined"
and tho lady proceeded to describe in
i%ninutest detail the visit of Miss Prim
and herself to the home Of little Dan.
Did you not do anything for them"
mNiously inquired Mrs. Goodheart, after
the recital was finished.
"Ahcm-well-no. Nothing more til?n
to try and cheer them up. Yoa 500, 1
had no change with me, and then /
thought it would be better to bring the
case before the society, particularly as it
was not in my district" explained Mrs.
Jealous.
And yet you say they were starving"
said Mrs. Goodheart, in n tom of gentle
reproof.
Yes, they were very destitute, an
swered Mrs. Jealous, shortly.
Il would like to inquire, Mrs. Presi-
dent said Mrs. Quicktemper. with
some show of feeling, 'if it was not ex-
plicitly given out at the last meeting that
each lady must confine her work to her
own district"
at was, " politely replied the presiding
officer.
And yet Mrs. Jealous and Miss Prim
deliberately intruded upon my district"
ohTA -iio. Rhb' hl'lhlVif bidiihk ailkilN
at the offending ladies.
I'VE had canvassed our own districts
most thoroughly, exclaimed Mrs. Jealous
and Miss Prim in unison, and WEI
Very thoroughly, no doubt inter
rupted Mrs. Quicktemper. coldly.
Il don't understand what you mean,
answered Mrs. Jealous, with spirit.
Don't you. indeed Well. l hope
xntt will ttplarutn,l ,,n xvh.n an.r th.t
| am capable of attending TO my own dis
trict.'
You have not. it appears, troubled
yourself about your district up to the
present time. my dear Mrs. Quicktem-
per-
You force me to remark. my dear
Mrs. Jealous, that what | do, or what l
do not do, is no concern of yours.
perhaps not" Indignantly replied
Mrs. Jealous, but when l see people
starving
well, you didn't help them any; did
you?"
mo; p
Then, what are you talking about"
Mrs. Quicktemper, 1 had always
thought you to be a lady"
Il have always known you to be- a very
'llitioit ltlHOD. L LtdiOto.
Mrs. Quicktemper, you are a very i'm
pertinent woman
Mrs. Jealous, you are a meddlesome
old thing. l can't bear you"
Il do not wish TO have any further
talk with you" said Mrs. Jealous, striv-
ing to keep calm.
Nor | with you. madam saying
which Mrs. Quicktemper, with flushed
face and swapping eyes, changed her seat
and turned her back upon the unfortu-
nate subject of her ire.
Ladies! ladiesl pray cease this angry
alteration appealed the president.
You forget that our work is of a Chris
tan character
Mrs. Jealous apologized for her heated
language. but said that she could never
forgive Mrs. Quicktemper for the insult
She had put upon her.
Mrs. Quicktemper tartly replied hat
she desired no forgiveness, and it being
apparent to the members of the society
that the two ladies could not be recon
ciled. II motion to adjourn was put and
carried. Action in the case of little Dan
and his mother was deferred until the
next meeting.
1t was showing, and the clustering
winds had piled the white drifts high in
the streets. The warmly clad ladies as
they We're driven rapidly to their homes
in their robe filled conveyances forgot
all save one-the picture that Mrs. Zeal
Gus had so faithfully painted of poor Dan
ard his dying mother in their attic room.
That one WAS.